facade

there it goes///
i watch it fall away
right before my eyes
a mask
i have hidden behind
for too long

suddenly i can breathe again
which begs the question

which is truly
the better choice

my mask hurts me
but all the others see
is a spirit free

that is not me

i am locked inside my mind
like a prisoner
going mad
being punished
for every sin
every crime
that they have committed

so many

so many.

is it possible
to unlock this door?
the despair
haunts me
like ghosts
follow the trail
of blasphemous tears.
right into
the weary hands
of yet another
living deadman...